Edwin Scofield Halseth
Military
Photo courtesy of Edwin's granddaughter, Nicholle Sciria. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/237406/category/Halseth_E
Object Number - UPL 63503 - Edwin Schofield Halseth, Pilot, 544th Bomb Squad, 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-3069 'Passes Cancelled', Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 32456892
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Liberty Belle
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 384th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 554th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Passes Cancelled
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell's Belles II
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
- Date: 4 July 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Revisions
Family history passed down from Edwin Halseth. I updated his POW camps in the related locations section.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor MACR no #, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey, p.190 Grafton Underwood 106, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
